Example Sentences

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So huddle parentally, ASAP, and learn what your keywords mean, and make family TV rules based on respect for each of your priorities and personal boundaries.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022

But you need to establish that kissing is not yet appropriate, is not parentally approved and, if you deem it necessary, that there may be consequences if they are caught doing it again.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2020

“Still a boy,” my companions and I told one another, smiling and shaking our heads, parentally.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2016

May I give heartfelt thanks to the universe for the fact that, for the first time in three years, I am in no way parentally involved with A-level results or clearing.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2012

He was tall— almost as tall as Gus—and skinny in a way that parentally aged people usually aren’t.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green